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Birthday Weekender celebrations kick off 2025 May 9, UNIQLO Tate pop-up store brings experiential retail, special Tate UTme! collection and art-inspired activities to the gallery throughout Summer Global apparel retailer UNIQLO and contemporary art museum Tate Modern today revealed UNIQLO as a partner for Tate Modern's 25th anniversary. To mark this milestone, Tate Modern will host a Birthday Weekender in partnership with UNIQLO and a new Uniqlo Tate Shop, Art For All will be open for all within the gallery throughout the summer. Tate Modern's Birthday Weekender , in partnership with UNIQLO, will be an unforgettable free festival of music, making and performance to celebrate the gallery's 25th anniversary. Running from Friday 9 to Monday 12 May 2025, the Birthday Weekender is a chance for everyone to enjoy a long weekend inspired by the very best of modern and contemporary art. Visitors can expect headline music acts, performances, talks, workshops, tours and a...

【Highlights】 ■FY2025 1Q consolidated results: Fast Retailing reports significant revenue and profit gains In the first quarter of FY2025, consolidated revenue rose to 895.1 billion yen (+10.4% year-on-year) and business profit, which is calculated by subtracting cost of sales and SG&A expenses from revenue and thus serves as a true reading of business profitability, increased to 156.9 billion yen (+11.0%). Operating profit increased by a lesser extent than business profit due to foreign exchange factors, rising 7.4% to 157.5 billion yen. UNIQLO operations in Japan, Southeast Asia, India & Australia, North America, and Europe all continued to perform strongly. ■UNIQLO Japan: Higher revenue, large profit gain. Gradually establishing a commercial business that is more resilient to changing weather patterns Revenue: 266.6 billion yen (+9.0%), operating profit: 52.1 billion yen (+12.1%). Same-store sales expanded 7.3%. Generated strong sales in September after co...

Global apparel retailer UNIQLO announces the launch of "The Heart of LifeWear," a new initiative to donate one million new items of HEATTECH thermal clothing to people in need around the world this winter. This global initiative originated with UNIQLO considering the question 'What makes life better?' and asking how, in its 40th anniversary year, the brand could take further concrete action to contribute to society through LifeWear. Speaking about the announcement of the initiative, Koji Yanai, Senior Group Executive Officer at Fast Retailing Co. Ltd, the parent company of UNIQLO, said, "All over the world, every day there are people whose situation suddenly changes regardless of their intentions or will - due to conflict, persecution, or natural disasters. No one wants to become a refugee, or to find themselves suddenly living in precarious circumstances." "Through our new global initiative from this winter, The Heart of LifeWear, UNIQL...

Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Nobuo Domae, President and Representative Director) (the "Company"), which operates MUJI, has established three new local subsidiaries, MUJI Global Sourcing (hereinafter "MGS") in Cambodia, Indonesia and India, in order to strengthen its product development and production management systems. As the Company already have three bases in two countries, Shanghai and Shenzhen in China, and Vietnam, this will bring the total to six bases in five countries. By establishing development and production management bases close to the factories of production partners, and having highly specialized production teams respond to customer needs on-site, by examining the actual products and conditions, the Company will promote the refinement of production management and quality improvement, and build a safe and secure supply chain. In addition, by learning from the wisdom of local life, the Company will develop material and products originati...

  【Financial Highlights by Fast Retailing】 ■FY2024 consolidated results: Fast Retailing reports considerable full-year revenue and profit gains. Revenue tops 3 trillion yen and operating profit surpasses 500 billion yen FY2024 revenue: 3.1038 trillion yen (+12.2% year-on-year), operating profit: 500.9 billion yen (+31.4%), and profit attributable to owners of the parent: 371.9 billion yen (+25.6%). Revenue topped 3 trillion yen and operating profit surpassed 500 billion yen for the first time. We have been accelerating the diversification of our earnings pillars and establishing solid frameworks to facilitate stronger global earnings. In addition, UNIQLO brand visibility is expanding worldwide, and demand is growing not just among local customers, but tourists as well. We plan to offer a year-end dividend of 225 yen per share. When added to the 175 yen interim dividend, that would generate a scheduled annual dividend of 400 yen for FY2024, an increase of 110 yen c...